Dr Lucy Carolan
@icarousse.bsky.social
Creative practice research about dementia.
'Picturing Clouds of Unknowing: Photography, Lostness, and Cognitive Decline' DOI: https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.1862857
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'Picturing Clouds of Unknowing: Photography, Lostness, and Cognitive Decline' DOI: https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.1862857
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Dr Lucy Carolan
@icarousse.bsky.social
· Nov 15
"We welcome expressions of interest from academics who have experience working with artists as well as those who are curious but have not explored this previously."
Are YOU artist curious??
Are YOU artist curious??
Parfait! – sauf qu'il faut être à Paris (et c'est déjà complet de toute façon) parce qu'il n'y a pas d'accès en ligne 😭
(Colloque) La recherche clinique depuis le milieu du XXe siècle. Entre soin et recherche biomédicale histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/11/la-r... #histSTM
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Parfait! – sauf qu'il faut être à Paris (et c'est déjà complet de toute façon) parce qu'il n'y a pas d'accès en ligne 😭
And, I would add, a context problem
Same evidence. Different guidelines.
Not a science problem—a translation problem.
Medicine needs the humanities more than ever.
I’m blogging about why👇
@monabaker11.bsky.social
@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
#AcademicSky
eivindengebretsen.com/why-medicine...
Not a science problem—a translation problem.
Medicine needs the humanities more than ever.
I’m blogging about why👇
@monabaker11.bsky.social
@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
#AcademicSky
eivindengebretsen.com/why-medicine...
Why Medicine Needs the Humanities - Eivind Engebretsen
An IVF case highlights how differing guidelines stem from interpretation—and why medical humanities are crucial for meaningful knowledge translation.
eivindengebretsen.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
And, I would add, a context problem
"Illness, violence and deprivation affected prisoner senses in many ways, from a loss of balance to hunger hallucinations playing tricks on their vision, turning a piece of wood into a bread crust, bricks into loaves, tree roots into sausages."
N Wachsmann, Lived experience and the Holocaust, 2021
N Wachsmann, Lived experience and the Holocaust, 2021
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"Illness, violence and deprivation affected prisoner senses in many ways, from a loss of balance to hunger hallucinations playing tricks on their vision, turning a piece of wood into a bread crust, bricks into loaves, tree roots into sausages."
N Wachsmann, Lived experience and the Holocaust, 2021
N Wachsmann, Lived experience and the Holocaust, 2021
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Time for my second (and perhaps last - for the next 4-6 years anyway) round of MS treatment
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Time for my second (and perhaps last - for the next 4-6 years anyway) round of MS treatment
Reposted by Dr Lucy Carolan
“I don’t think browser add-ons are gonna save us,” said Brain. “For me, the purpose of doing this work is mostly to act as a provocation and give people examples of how you can refuse this stuff, to furnish one’s imaginary for what a politics of refusal could look like.”
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“I don’t think browser add-ons are gonna save us,” said Brain. “For me, the purpose of doing this work is mostly to act as a provocation and give people examples of how you can refuse this stuff, to furnish one’s imaginary for what a politics of refusal could look like.”
A few years ago I sat in on a panpsychism seminar and could not understand why one of the speakers was talking about eagles. Eventually worked out I was mishearing 'ego'...
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A few years ago I sat in on a panpsychism seminar and could not understand why one of the speakers was talking about eagles. Eventually worked out I was mishearing 'ego'...
Reposted by Dr Lucy Carolan
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
'Fedorenko et al. state, that “there are many cases of individuals with severe linguistic impairments … who nevertheless exhibit intact abilities to engage in many forms of thought.”'
If we weren't so attached to the *exhibiting* of abilities we might be less easily fooled by grifts like LLM
If we weren't so attached to the *exhibiting* of abilities we might be less easily fooled by grifts like LLM
Large language mistake
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
'Fedorenko et al. state, that “there are many cases of individuals with severe linguistic impairments … who nevertheless exhibit intact abilities to engage in many forms of thought.”'
If we weren't so attached to the *exhibiting* of abilities we might be less easily fooled by grifts like LLM
If we weren't so attached to the *exhibiting* of abilities we might be less easily fooled by grifts like LLM
Great! But...
"People taking part in the Horizon trial must be 18 to 55 years of age"
My first MS episode occurred just after I turned 60. My treatment prescription was based on educated guesswork because that too hadn't been clinically tested for people of my age 🤨
"People taking part in the Horizon trial must be 18 to 55 years of age"
My first MS episode occurred just after I turned 60. My treatment prescription was based on educated guesswork because that too hadn't been clinically tested for people of my age 🤨
A new clinical trial, led by Prof David Hunt (UK DRI at Edinburgh), is set to test whether vaccination against a common virus found in almost all people with multiple sclerosis (MS) could help treat the condition.
Read the full story👉 buff.ly/rxLlG8x
Read the full story👉 buff.ly/rxLlG8x
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Great! But...
"People taking part in the Horizon trial must be 18 to 55 years of age"
My first MS episode occurred just after I turned 60. My treatment prescription was based on educated guesswork because that too hadn't been clinically tested for people of my age 🤨
"People taking part in the Horizon trial must be 18 to 55 years of age"
My first MS episode occurred just after I turned 60. My treatment prescription was based on educated guesswork because that too hadn't been clinically tested for people of my age 🤨
Reposted by Dr Lucy Carolan
ALCS pays money for visual contributions to magazines and articles, and this amount continues to grow year on year. Make sure you claim before 31 December to be included in next year's payments.
Find out more here: www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works...
Find out more here: www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works...
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
ALCS pays money for visual contributions to magazines and articles, and this amount continues to grow year on year. Make sure you claim before 31 December to be included in next year's payments.
Find out more here: www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works...
Find out more here: www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works...
Reposted by Dr Lucy Carolan
Somebody posted an old photo in a Facebook local group and asked if anyone could clean it up. Well-meaning people turned to #AI. Lots of responders seemed happy with the results, but this is how you destroy historical records.
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Somebody posted an old photo in a Facebook local group and asked if anyone could clean it up. Well-meaning people turned to #AI. Lots of responders seemed happy with the results, but this is how you destroy historical records.
Anyway, there aren't enough cats on here so
Cat Watching Horror Movie
YouTube video by RM Videos
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Anyway, there aren't enough cats on here so
Je regrette amèrement d'être rentrée en Angleterre
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Je regrette amèrement d'être rentrée en Angleterre
Post a movie where you are from :)
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Post a movie where you are from :)
'Little-Old-Lady-Land' and 'bravura performances of geezer machismo' aside, how many of these women artists' creativity in old age was due more to critical recognition and financial security than freedom from 'domestic obligations, sexual objectification, and the dominion of men'?
“No one could have guessed that another Louise Bourgeois retrospective would be needed in 2017 — to account for the aesthetic breakthroughs of old age.” —Susan Gubar, feminist scholar and literary critic
The Women Artists Who Found Freedom in Old Age
The artists profiled in Grand Finales refused to consign themselves to what the author calls “Little-Old-Lady-Land,” and opted to keep searching, pushing, and trying new things.
hyperallergic.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
'Little-Old-Lady-Land' and 'bravura performances of geezer machismo' aside, how many of these women artists' creativity in old age was due more to critical recognition and financial security than freedom from 'domestic obligations, sexual objectification, and the dominion of men'?
Reposted by Dr Lucy Carolan
What stage of fascism is it when the leader doesn’t mind being called a fascist? 🤔 #Trumpland #USFascism
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
What stage of fascism is it when the leader doesn’t mind being called a fascist? 🤔 #Trumpland #USFascism
Reposted by Dr Lucy Carolan
Mentioned this before, but, last time I was at the dentist, they analysed my teeth with AI. It found an incipient cavity that the human dentist had not spotted.
Very clever.
Except that the cavity it found was just outside my actual head. Arguably, the entire universe is a cavity outside my head.
Very clever.
Except that the cavity it found was just outside my actual head. Arguably, the entire universe is a cavity outside my head.
Government launches major push for AI-driven science.
Strategy focuses on five areas of “existing UK strength” with £137m in funding.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Strategy focuses on five areas of “existing UK strength” with £137m in funding.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Government launches major push for AI-driven science - Research Professional News
Strategy focuses on five areas of “existing UK strength” with £137m in funding
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Mentioned this before, but, last time I was at the dentist, they analysed my teeth with AI. It found an incipient cavity that the human dentist had not spotted.
Very clever.
Except that the cavity it found was just outside my actual head. Arguably, the entire universe is a cavity outside my head.
Very clever.
Except that the cavity it found was just outside my actual head. Arguably, the entire universe is a cavity outside my head.
Reposted by Dr Lucy Carolan
Nice! Cells are not bags of water!
Attempt number seven at uploading this video of intermediate filaments in an enormous COS7 cell. I have a feeling the BlueSky compression will not do it any favors.
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Nice! Cells are not bags of water!
So I now feel ready - have enough time/distance from the PhD, at last - to write a postdoc proposal for BigName funder
An application also involves finding a suitable academic mentor at the kind of 'responsible adult' institution the funder will be happy channelling its £s through (if successful)
An application also involves finding a suitable academic mentor at the kind of 'responsible adult' institution the funder will be happy channelling its £s through (if successful)
November 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
So I now feel ready - have enough time/distance from the PhD, at last - to write a postdoc proposal for BigName funder
An application also involves finding a suitable academic mentor at the kind of 'responsible adult' institution the funder will be happy channelling its £s through (if successful)
An application also involves finding a suitable academic mentor at the kind of 'responsible adult' institution the funder will be happy channelling its £s through (if successful)
But sadly: "unlike handcrafted jailbreak formats, poetic transformations can be generated via meta-prompts, enabling fully automated conversion of large benchmark datasets into high-success adversarial variants."
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
But sadly: "unlike handcrafted jailbreak formats, poetic transformations can be generated via meta-prompts, enabling fully automated conversion of large benchmark datasets into high-success adversarial variants."
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